Category: Design

First Anniversary – New Redesign

Notice anything different? Yep, a brand new look. I was really not liking the previous design. I tried too hard, and it didn’t come out the way I wanted. I’ve realized that I just don’t have a knack when it comes to graphical layouts. So I decided to stick with what I’m good at; keeping…


CSS Optimizer Service

Just spotted this CSS Optimizer service at Flumpcakes that should prove useful. It shaved off 2kB off my CSS file. While not a lot, it certainly adds up over time. Pretty nifty, although if you don’t use the pretty print feature (turning it off compresses even more), be sure you keep a local copy that…


What Web Standards Has Taught Me

Since I started reading about web standards, from Molly’s countless works, to Jeffrey Zeldman’s ‘Designing With Web Standards’ book, to near limitless guides and tutorials on the internet, I’ve noticed a few things that has changed not only my perspective online, but in the real world. For one thing, web standards has taught me that…


The Making Of The 3DGPU Redesign

I decided to return to 3DGPU, and not only return as an editor, but redesign the site from the ground up using just Notepad. Here are the technical details of the new redesign: Now complies to XHTML 1.0 Strict as much as possible (a few old articles may break validation.) Extensive CSS styling, complete with…